Terms Used In Missouri Laws 375.992

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: the department of commerce and insurance. See Missouri Laws 375.001
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Any company which believes that a fraudulent claim is being made shall, within sixty days of the receipt of such notice, send to the department of commerce and insurance, on a form prescribed by the department, the information requested and such additional information relative to the claim and the parties claiming loss or damages because of the accident as the department may require. The department of commerce and insurance shall review such reports and select such claims as, in its judgment, may require further investigation. It shall then cause an independent examination of the facts surrounding such claim to be made to determine the extent, if any, to which fraud, deceit, or intentional misrepresentation of any kind exists in the submission of the claim. The department of commerce and insurance shall report any alleged violations of law which its investigations disclose to the appropriate licensing agency and prosecutive authority having jurisdiction with respect to any such violation.